House Parents - Day shifts
Whare Matua - Te Parehiua
Te Parehuia, is our Residential Care Service providing young people with a welcoming home and day to day aroha, professional care, stability, structure, social and cultural wellbeing. The home is managed 24 hours a day - 7 days a week.
We are looking for a Permanent kaimahi to cover our Day shift and we are looking for a Fixed Term kaimahi to cover Day shift while we have a kaimahi on parental leave till early August 2026. We have 12 hour shifts from 7am to 7pm (Day shift) and 7pm to 7am (Night shift), 7 days a week.
The Permanent role is Dayshift from 06:45am to 19:00pm. This includes 15mins handover between shifts.
Week 1 Wednesday to Saturday
Week 2 Thursday to Saturday
84 hours fortnightly
The Fixed term is Dayshift from 06:45am to 19:00pm. This includes 15mins handover between shifts.
Week 1 Wednesday to Saturday
Week 2 Thursday to Saturday
84 hours fortnightly
The key responsibilities are to:
- Provide aroha and day to day cares for the health and well-being of tamariki and rangatahi according to their age and needs
- Provide a peaceful, relaxed and safe home environment for tamariki, rangatahi and all staff.
- Support tamariki to develop personal life skills, continue with their usual routines and achieve their goals and milestones like school, education, health, connecting with whānau and other positive activities
- Implement kawa and tikanga into daily routines
- Run the household as your own with regular cleaning, laundry, food shopping and gardening for the home
- Work with the Team Manager and Counsellor to discuss child behaviour and appropriate parenting strategies.
- Ensure thorough handover notes, alerts, updates and information is passed to the kaimahi on the next shift.
Suitable applicants will have:
- Previous experience or employment in youth or cares support, especially with tamariki who have lived in high stress, traumatic home environments.
- A tertiary qualification in Youth Work and/or Health and Wellbeing Level 3 or similar qualification
- A current First Aid Certificate (ideally)
- A Full, current Drivers licence
- The ability to de-escalate challenging behaviour in a calm and respectful way.
- The ability to easily connect and listen to young people while maintaining appropriate boundaries
- Life experience providing loving, safe, stable, nurturing, home environments and whānau relationships
- Practical life skills you can teach a Rangatahi i.e. cooking, fishing, art, craft, gardening etc
Core Children Worker Police Vetting and CYRUS (Oranga Tamariki) Vetting and a Physical Functional test are part of the selection process.
If you have the skills and qualities we are looking for – please apply TODAY!
Please include:
· A Covering letter
· Up to date CV
· Applicable Qualifications
. Please indicate what role you are applying for - Permanent or Fixed Term Day Shift
Applications close: Monday 5th January 2026.
Applications for this role will take you to the advertisers site.
